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Data from the Rafah Crossing movement revealed that over the past hours, 48 trucks, including three fuel, three gas, and three diesel trucks entered the strip. Further, 42 trucks carrying essential supplies, such as food, medical supplies, flour, tents, blankets, mattresses, clothing, shoes, cleaning materials, dates, and tissues, have already made their way into Gaza. Additional 186 trucks, primarily laden with aid, entered through the Karam Abu Salem crossing.
The State Information Service (SIS) announced that Egypt has escalated the number of humanitarian aid trucks entering Gaza to a minimum of 300 trucks per day through the Rafah border crossing.
Famine is quite possibly present in parts of the northern Gaza Strip, a senior US State Department official said on Friday, adding that an obstacle to getting more aid to Palestinians was a scarcity of trucks in the enclave under Israeli siege.
Egyptian and Emirati aircraft carried out airdrops of humanitarian aid to hard-to-reach regions in the Gaza Strip on Friday and Saturday, Egypt's Armed Forces' Spokesman Gharib Abdel Hafez announced.
On October 20, 2023, nearly two weeks after Israel launched its war on the Gaza Strip, the UN Chief emphasized the urgent necessity for life-saving aid to promptly reach Gaza.
The airdrops targeted isolated and inaccessible areas in the northern Gaza Strip, with two planes delivering 24 tons of food and relief aid, the Command reported. With this 11th airdrop, the total aid dropped since the inception of Operation "Birds of Goodness" has reached 462 tons of food and relief aid.
The first aircraft arrived from the UAE, carrying 20 tons of food, relief items, and medical aid, MENA reported a source at El Arish airport.
International praise for Egypt's efforts and its role in helping the United Nations to deliver humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip
A total of 54 injured Palestinians crossed Rafah border terminal on Saturday with 108 companions coming from the war-ravaged Gaza Strip.
This marks the fifth humanitarian aid convoy sent by EZCH to Gaza since October, as stated in a Wednesday press release by the Zakat house. The total number of trucks dispatched from EZCH to Gaza now stands at 225.
The Egyptian state spared no effort to stop the war on the people of Gaza from the first moment, and continued to provide humanitarian aid in various ways.
The Egyptian Air Forces, as part of a global alliance for airdropping humanitarian aid to Gaza, have maintained their efforts to deliver aid to affected areas in the northern part of the strip, announced Armed Forces’ Spokesman Gharib Abdel Hafez on Sunday.
Personnel from the Egyptian Air Forces have joined a global alliance to airdrop aid in northern Gaza from Jordan, according to a statement by the Egyptian Armed Forces’ Spokesman, Gharib Abdel Hafez, on Thursday.
Egyptian and Emirati military transport aircraft have conducted an airdrop of "tons" of relief aid, food, and medicine in northern Gaza, announced Egyptian Armed Forces' Spokesman, Gharib Abdel Hafez, on Wednesday.
A high-ranking Egyptian source told al Qahera news channel that talks hosted in Cairo to reach a truce in the Gaza Strip are still continuing, and a new round of negotiations expected be held between all parties, Wednesday.
An Informed sources told al Qahera news channel, Friday that an airdrop of humanitarian aid will be carried out via an Egyptian plane in the Jabalia refugee camp area in the northern Gaza Strip, with a load of 6.7 tons.
Additionally, 43 injured Palestinians and those accompanying relatives entered from the besieged Gaza to Egypt for medical treatment. Meanwhile, 300 passengers and 80 Egyptians left the strip for Egyptian territory.
Additionally, several travelers coming from Gaza to Egypt will cross the border, including foreign passport holders and Palestinians working abroad, the administration added.
The Board of Trustees of Egypt’s National Dialogue has issued a statement strongly rejecting the “false statements” made by US President Joe Biden regarding Egypt’s stance on opening the Rafah crossing from its side.
Ambassador Majed Bamya, the Deputy Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations, stated that Egypt is the most eager to facilitate the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza.
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